D.C. voting rights efforts are currently stymied

Maybe when you have been through the Washington, D.C., area you've noticed the bottom part of the license plate in front of you from a District driver that said, "TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION".
That's because residents of The District do not have a voting representative in either part of Congress.
This editorial from today's Washington Post puts the blame on the parties involved in the current efforts to give D.C. residents representation.
OK, so maybe it's time The District has voting rights and all the trappings of what a state gets.
The city started to govern itself in 1973 and Adrian M. Fenty is only the fifth mayor.
The District has come a long way since the problems during Marion Barry's administration and while far from perfect it deserves to have voting representation in Congress.